I'm So Sad Right Now. Like, Who Are These People Anymore? I Don't Know Who They've Become

You think Lip sometimes looks at Ian and Mickey and just smiles a little to himself because who would’ve seen that coming?

Like, Lip’s always been good with odds and numbers and back in the day, back when they started out a fucking lifetime ago, absolutely nobody would have bet on those two making it in the end.

He had been around back then, on the side lines catching glimpses from time to time. From ‘Mickey’s gay and we’re doing it’ and ‘i know what he felt with me’ to 'you think i should’ve?’ and 'because i love him’.

And Lip hesitates in the doorway when he enters the living room for a moment and watches them lie on the couch in front of the TV, wrapped up in each other’s arms, sleepy and content, for once neither bickering nor on the verge of fucking and he thinks that he’s never seen Ian so happy and being himself this much at the same time before.

And maybe he shakes his head when he looks at the man in his brother’s arms because holy fucking shit that’s Mickey Milkovich right there.

That’s 'someone’s gotta get a beat down’, it’s 'oh shit is right’, it’s anger issues and russian prostitutes and attempted murder and escaping prison to fucking mexico.

But it’s also the guy who pours Ian his coffee in the morning and makes sure he doesn’t drink it before he’s had something to eat, who used to count his fucking pills, who once bought a bag full of B vitamins as if they could fix it all somehow.

It’s who Ian lost sleep over, it’s who he made his best bad decisions for.

It’s Franny’s Uncle Mickey, it’s Mandy’s older brother and holy shit, it’s Ian’s fucking husband.

And isn’t that so beautifully Ian, that he saw something in that dirty faced thug from ten years ago that no one else ever bothered to look for? that he found a love that proved itself to be stronger than whatever life or fate or Terry fucking Milkovich threw at them, that pulled them back to each other every time they fell apart?

Mickey has been a constant presence in Ian’s life in a way that nothing else but Lip himself ever had. Has been a witness, a catalyst, a victim of Ian’s epic highs and lows, has done insane things to and for and because of him. As fucked up as they always were, they seem to hold the balance, they somehow make it work.

Lip loves his brother with all his heart, has done so his entire life, he knows all the best and a lot of the worst of Ian and he knows that Mickey knows it too. Loves him, too. Signed up for it all, the whole package, good times and bad, sickness and health, Monica and Gay Jesus, mania and depression. Had probably signed up for it long before they stood in front of witnesses at the Polish Doll.

So Lip smiles sometimes when they bicker over breakfast cereal or when Ian can’t keep his hands to himself even when the rest of them is right there or when Mickey talks shit like he’s still big bad Milkovich, south side thug extraordinaire and not the boy who has been in love with Lip’s little brother for the last decade.

Because it’s nice to see they made it. Because if anyone deserves a happy ending and a gentle future, it’s them.

Jackson and April + track record in hotels

A huge number of people are already getting fucked over when it comes to being allowed to cast a vote in the upcoming elections. Let’s try to minimize what that number COULD be as much as possible. It might also be useful to have the number for the ACLU written down (or already in your phone) so you can CALL THEM while still at the polling place and get whatever information is needed in order to see about having the ACLU sue them. Write down names. Get witnesses. Take photos. MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO THE POLLSTERS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. (Unless you have reason to believe they’re going to be assholes and try to have you arrested for doing so, in which case, be as subtle as possible.)

What I needed was you

I feel empty. I’m just so sad. What was the point of them living together? Of jackson being jelous about her going on a date? Of them raising harriet together like a real family? What was the point of Montana? Really what happened in montata wasn’t just sex…it was jackson opening up about his feelings and april being there for him, supporting him and being his rock…..and now this? This trash storyline? No thank you

Just want to put this out here before they kill April off - Jackson Avery will not love another woman they way he loved(s) April Kepner. She is, and always will be, the mother of his children, his best friend, his soulmate, his favourite person. She is his great love. And no matter what the writers try to say, no one will ever be able to change that.

The first 18 years of your life is not representative of how the rest will go. The sooner you realize this, the better off you’ll be.

More true now with this Maggie storyline than ever before.. 😭

things mickey milkovich did for ian gallager: -gave him kash’s gun back -stopped robbing the kash and grab -met him at the kash and grab when he was upset -got shot bc his ex was a jealous lunatic -shared cigarettes and beer w him -didn’t kill his dad even though it put mickey’s own life in grave danger -beat up anyone who he was sleeping w -“missed ya” -helped him intimidate a pedophile -waited on him before starting to run from the cops -helped him train for ROTC -helped him rob a house -kissed him just because he asked for it -got shot AGAIN -let him stay at mickey’s house when he was in a group home -made him pizza rolls -had a movie and beer date night -jumped on terry’s back to protect him -got pistol whipped -got raped -“just because im getting hitched doesn’t mean we can’t still bang” -got married to protect them both -tried to talk him out of joining the army -cried for him -hunted him down in a gay club -“if you don’t wanna hang out with me, that’s fine” -told him to call his family -BROUGHT HIM HOME -helped him sober up -went looking for him after svetlana chased him out -sucked his dick whenever he asked -made him coffee -gave him money for breakfast -contributed to the gallagher household -“he’s fucking family” -“he’s staying here. he’s staying with me.” -stopped him from killing someone -helped him frame that pastor -CAME OUT FOR HIM IN FRONT OF THE MAN WHO WOULD KILL MICKEY FOR IT -tried to get him to get help -“im worried about you. i love you.” -visited him in the hospital -“sorry im late” -“he’s got me” -“take your meds bitch” -agreed to take him on a date -fought an army guard and only stopped when they drew their guns -TRIED TO KILL THE PERSON WHO RATTED HIM OUT -talked to the army so he could come home and not go to prison -ran a hundred miles an hour to his house when he called and said he was home -went to prison -got a tattoo of his name -broke out of prison just to be with him

things ian gallagher did for mickey milkovich: -?? -? -??? -brought him pain and suffering -??????

IF SARAH GOES SO DO WE